http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills info@washingtonwatch.com http://www.pjdoland.com/chai/?v=0.1 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_505.html#31488 I'm all for passing this bill. I'm studying to be a teacher and the more I hear about hesitation to pass such bills as these, the less I want to progress in this profession. That should not be the case! Teachers are a necessity and should be paid well in return. A tax break, even something as low as this, should be approved!... 31488@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:41:58 EDT http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_505.html#31058 It really bothers me that our congressman stall on a bill like this when I would imagine that they all publicly denounce the low wages that teachers are paid.... 31058@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:25:21 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_505.html#30602 I teach in a public high school in Ohio. The extent of our building "supplies" issued each teacher this year was a grade book and a lesson plan book. That was it! I have to buy my own chalk, weekly box of Kleenex and hand sanitizer for students to use, cleaning products to scrub desk tops, all classroom materials tht I want to use, etc., etc., etc. I suppose I should also mention all the lunch money I give to students who have none which I can't get "receipts" for to even use as a tax deduction.... 30602@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:33:49 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_505.html#30456 The work we do and the degree we earn are not matching what we make now. Please consider the break to us. Thanks.... 30456@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:55:35 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_505.html#30422 Please pass this tax relief for teachers. They spend so, so much money out of their own pockets to supplement their tiny budgets. Thank you.... 30422@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:23:15 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_505.html#30253 Large corporations get to deduct their dinner expenses with clients. They make over six figures. Teachers make an average of $50,000 and want to be able to deduct $400 on out-of-pocket classroom expenses (oooh, an increase of a whole $150). And, why does this even need to be voted on????? It should be increased to 1000! I know we spend that anyway, and we're not even wanting it for a dinner!... 30253@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:19:56 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_505.html#30245 For those voting against this bill...This year I bought a belt for a student whose mom sent him to school in his much older brother's pants but wouldn't buy him a belt. I bought breakfast foods for students whose parents don't feed them before school. I bought school supplies for three students who still had none at the end of September. I bought all materials for science experiments conducted in my classroom, for hands-on math lessons from our math program, and any art projects above and beyond crayon and paper. While my classroom library is full of books, I bought 90% of them with my own money. $450 is NOTHING!... 30245@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:26:14 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_505.html#30235 Who are the morons voting "Against" this bill? Teachers work for peanuts as it is, spending much of their own money on classroom materials (especially those in low-income areas). Teachers are "middle class" and don't qualify for many of the tax benefits given to those in low-income or high-income brackets. Give us a break; we deserve a measley $400 tax relief for buying classroom materials, which only benefit your children!... 30235@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:12:45 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_505.html#25024 Many of us teachers teach in low income areas in which the children and parents there do not have a lot to donate to the school. We teachers in turn, wanting the best experience we can provide, give of our own resources to make school a full and rich place to be (rich in knowledge). Having the help of a tax break for the expenditures in a public school setting would be a wonderful blessing to many struggling teachers. Doctors don't can deduct their instruments of craft why shouldn't teachers do the same.... 25024@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:37:17 EST http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_505.html#14653 This is a wonderful bill. Elementary teachers spend a lot of their own money on class supplies, so it would greatly help them to be able to deduct that on their taxes.... 14653@http://www.washingtonwatch.com Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:28:28 EDT